By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund cut its growth outlook on Tuesday due to Middle East war-driven energy price spikes but said the world was already ...

The IMF on Tuesday lowered its 2026 growth forecast for emerging market ​and developing economies to 3.9% from its view of ...

The World Economic Outlook's most optimistic 'reference scenario' assumes a short-lived war and forecasts 3.1% real GDP growth for 2026, down 0.2 percentage points.

The International Monetary Fund lowered its 2026 growth outlook for Asia, expecting rising defense spending and an energy shock from the war in the Middle East to keep risks elevated. The Middle East ...

The Iran war has stalled the world's economic momentum this year, likely pushing growth lower compared to 2025, the ...

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its global growth outlook, warning that escalating conflict in the Middle East — now compounded by a near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz — ...

The financial body cuts its growth forecast for the UK and warns the war threatens to throw the global economy "off course".

The IMF has downgraded its 2026 growth forecast for emerging market and developing economies to 3.9% from 4.2%, citing higher energy and food costs and uncertainty from the Middle East conflict. The ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered its growth forecast for Argentina and raised its projection for inflation, highlighting a deterioration in the country’s internal and external ...